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Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season.

This time last year, we had the incredible surprise of being selected as one of the podcasts of the week at Podbean, the podcast hosing platform for Keep the Heart. This resulted in thousands of new listeners from all over the world! As part of the collaboration with Podbean, Keep the Heart wrote four mini-episodes that were bookended with a brief shout out to Podbean.

This week’s episode, “Co-Workers Can Work Your Nerves” provides three suggestions for ways that we can park our expectations at the curb and get along better with our perfectly imperfect co-laborers. Is someone getting on your nerves at work? You’re not alone, you’re too late to be the first, and hey, let’s all remember that sometimes WE’RE the coworker working the nerves! 

ICU--In Christ Unconditionally: Heart Conditions Bible Application Study

Marriage Book: Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor

Devotional Book: Call Upon Him by Kathy Ashley

Friendship Book: Sister Friends by Francie Taylor

Bible Study Book: This Liberty of Yours by Tim Zacharias

Daily Devotional: Ponder the Path by Francie Taylor

Welcome to the fifth segment of Psalm 119 on Build Your Bible Habit. This passage begins in verse 97 with the declaration, "O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day." This is what happens when we’re in God’s Word. It becomes the focal point of our thoughts.

Build Your Bible Habit was launched as a special bonus segment Keep the Heart Podcast in 2022 with Proverbs, and now it includes Psalm 119. Have you ever wondered which way to turn in a situation? Psalm 119:105 reminds us that the Bible is the "lamp" and "light" that we need: 

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

Psalm 119 Library

Bible Study: ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Leader Guide

Bible Study: ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Participant Guide

Book: The Mirror of God's Word: A Biblical View of Physical Beauty

Devotional Book: Call Upon Him by Kathy Ashley

Friendship Book: Sister Friends by Francie Taylor

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(Note: This episode originally aired on Valentine's Day 2023, which was an "inappropriate day" to promote this hard topic! We're providing this rebroadcasted episode for those who missed it.)

Inappropriate relationships are common, but common does not equal normal. The Bible devotes an entire chapter of Proverbs to paint a picture of what this is and how it happens. At the root of any inappropriate relationship is a selfish desire to have our own way. This is so Old Testament: "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts." (Proverbs 21:2)

Proverbs chapter seven is both cautionary and instructional. You may want to sit down with your Bible opened for this episode. God has provided us with a vivid example of how things can quickly slide from a seemingly innocent stroll through the field of temptation with an "I can handle it" attitude, to a life that has been destroyed. 

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ICU--In Christ Unconditionally: Heart Conditions Bible Application Study

Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor

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Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season.

It's conference season, and I’m also wrapping up a first draft of the next 31-day devotional, so we will need to tap into our podcast archives now and then, just to keep up until the end of conferences. New podcast episodes are in production and coming soon. 

This week’s Teachback Tuesday episode has two Taylors on one podcast! My daughter-in-love, Jessica Taylor, co-hosted on the topic of "How Not to Become a Monster-in-Law" back in February 2022, and thousands of downloads later, it has landed in the top five most-downloaded episodes of the season! Even if you’re not an in-law, the suggestions in this episode are good for all relationships. This is a fun rerun!

Wait until you get to the part where Jessica-the-younger-Mrs. Taylor loses her train of thought. It's a funny blooper, so we left it in there...okay, well maybe it was Francie that left it in there, but Jessica will make you smile.

Whether you're a MIL, DIL, SIL, or just dealing with extended relationships of any kind, this episode will give you some ideas for getting along, remembering that our loved ones are in our lives as gifts from God. 

ICU--In Christ Unconditionally: Heart Conditions Bible Application Study

Marriage Book: Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor

Devotional Book: Call Upon Him by Kathy Ashley

Friendship Book: Sister Friends by Francie Taylor

Bible Study Book: This Liberty of Yours by Tim Zacharias

Daily Devotional: Ponder the Path by Francie Taylor

Welcome to the fourth segment of Psalm 119 on Build Your Bible Habit. These verses sound like a prayer-filled and very personal conversation with God. In fact, we could pray these verses for our own lives.

Build Your Bible Habit was launched as a special bonus segment Keep the Heart Podcast in 2022 with Proverbs, and now it includes Psalm 119. During these unsettling times, it is so good to know that God's Word is settled forever and will never change. Psalm 119:89 is our reminder of this truth: 

"For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven."

Psalm 119 Library

Bible Study: ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Leader Guide

Bible Study: ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Participant Guide

Book: The Mirror of God's Word: A Biblical View of Physical Beauty

Book: Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions

Book: This Liberty of Yours: Unlocking Your Liberty in Christ

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Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season.

This week’s episode, “Food Won’t Fix That Problem,” opens with a true story of a time when I was trying to eat my way through a storm of grief. Since the problem wasn’t hunger, food didn’t fix it. Do you find yourself alternating between healthy and unhealthy eating habits? To paraphrase a saying, “It’s not what you’re eating. It’s what’s eating you.” Let’s listen again to three suggestions that can help us handle this matter wisely.

ICU--In Christ Unconditionally: Heart Conditions Bible Application Study

Marriage Book: Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor

Devotional Book: Call Upon Him by Kathy Ashley

Friendship Book: Sister Friends by Francie Taylor

Bible Study Book: This Liberty of Yours by Tim Zacharias

Devotional Book: Ponder the Path: 31-Day Devotional by Francie Taylor

Welcome to the third segment of Psalm 119 on Build Your Bible Habit. In this passage, we can tell that the Psalmist was going through hard times with various people, especially the proud-hearted. You'll also notice that these problems quickly became prayer requests. We can copy that!

Build Your Bible Habit was launched as a special bonus segment Keep the Heart Podcast in 2022 with Proverbs, and now it includes Psalm 119. A great verse for the week is in Psalm 119:71, which also provides an unusual way to view affliction. We don't normally see it as a good thing, but the Bible shows the benefit.

"It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."

Psalm 119 Library

Bible Study: ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Leader Guide

Bible Study: ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Participant Guide

Book: The Mirror of God's Word: A Biblical View of Physical Beauty

Book: Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions

Book: This Liberty of Yours: Unlocking Your Liberty in Christ

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Inappropriate relationships are common, but common does not equal normal. The Bible devotes an entire chapter of Proverbs to paint a picture of what this is and how it happens. At the root of any inappropriate relationship is a selfish desire to have our own way. This is so Old Testament: "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts." (Proverbs 21:2)

Proverbs chapter seven is both cautionary and instructional. You may want to sit down with your Bible opened for this episode. God has provided us with a vivid example of how things can quickly slide from a seemingly innocent stroll through the field of temptation with an "I can handle it" attitude, to a life that has been destroyed. 

Visit the Shop at Keep the Heart

ICU--In Christ Unconditionally: Heart Conditions Bible Application Study

Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor

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Welcome to the second segment of Psalm 119 on Build Your Bible Habit. The Psalmist makes statements that could easily come from the heart of anyone who has been going through a lengthy time of trial and adversity, but you'll also hear hope and trust within this passage.

Build Your Bible Habit was launched as a special bonus segment Keep the Heart Podcast in 2022 with Proverbs, and now we're expanding it to include Psalm 119. The Bible helps us to live the Christian life with passion and victory. Psalm 119:27 makes a great theme verse for the week, and also makes a great prayer request: "Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works."

Psalm 119 Library

ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Leader Guide

ICU-In Christ Unconditionally-Old Testament Participant Guide

NEW! The Mirror of God's Word: A Biblical View of Physical Beauty

It's BACK! Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions

This Liberty of Yours: Unlocking Your Liberty in Christ

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Have you ever told a “little white lie?” This phrase refers to "lies that are told about small or unimportant matters to avoid hurting a person.”

"White lies" are a manmade concept, and they sound like these examples:

Your friend comes out of the fitting room in an outfit that’s too tight. She asks you, “Does this fit alright?” You say yes, even though your mind is screaming, “That’s waaaaay too small.”

Or maybe you’ve been served something for dinner and you really hated it, but you didn’t want to hurt the feelings of the hostess, so you lied and said, “This is really good!” That earned you a second helping. Oh oh.

Or perhaps you’ve had a run-in with someone that’s still unresolved. The other person asked you, “Is everything okay between us now?” Your mouth said, “Yeah, we’re all good,” but your mind said, “Not even close.” You’re trying to avoid confrontation and conflict, but you’re not telling the truth.

Lying is a tough habit, but it’s a breakable one. Let’s consider three ways we can begin to get rid of this ugly habit.

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